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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Kyiv, June 3 /Xinhua/ — Ukraine has received an invitation to the NATO summit to be held in The Hague on June 24-25. This was announced on Monday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Bucharest Nine summit in Vilnius, the Interfax-Ukraine agency reported.
Separately, in his Telegram channel, V. Zelensky stated that during the past meeting he familiarized M. Rutte with the results of the second round of peace talks between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which took place earlier on Monday in Istanbul.
In particular, the Ukrainian leader stated that the parties had reached agreements on the exchange of prisoners and the return of Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation. At the same time, he emphasized that Moscow had rejected Kyiv’s proposal to declare a ceasefire without preconditions.
Also at the meeting, V. Zelensky and M. Rutte discussed further diplomatic steps and defense support for Ukraine. –0–